Chapter 25 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 25

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 25.15

नहि ते स्त्रीवधकृते घृणा कार्या नरोत्तम। चातुर्वर्ण्यहितार्थं हि कर्तव्यं राजसूनुना॥

nahi te strīvadhakṛte ghṛṇā kāryā narottama| cāturvarṇyahitārthaṃ hi kartavyaṃ rājasūnunā||

English Meaning

Nor should you, O best of men, shrink from slaying a woman; for even this should be accomplished by a prince in the interests of the four orders.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)